[February 15, 2014]
(Reuters) — Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President
Richard Fisher on Friday downplayed the turmoil in some
emerging markets that greeted the U.S. central bank's
move to reduce its massive stimulus program, saying the
Fed's focus should stay on the United States.

"We are the central bank of the United States;
we have to do what is best in our interest," Fisher, who opposes
the bond-buying program altogether, told Bloomberg Radio.
"What's important for us to do is to make sure our economy is
strong, and the rest of the world will benefit if we are."

He also repeated his view that Wall Street reform legislation
does not fix the too-big-to-fail bank problem.